It happened this year.
January 1, 2008.
The 200TH Anniversary of the abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in the United States of America.
That this country had not the backbone nor the respect towards its black citizens to publicly honor or acknowledge this very important date in American history says very much, or better yet, very little [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 29, 2008
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: JANUARY 1, 1808
February 29, 2008
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: WHITE MEN CHALLENGING RACISM ~ CONCLUSION
At the end of the Civil War, freed ex-slaves were ready to take their place in American society as full human beings with the promise of all rights guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution through the enactment of the 13TH Amendment (abolition of slavery), the 14TH Amendment (rights to citizenship and due process of law), and [...]
February 29, 2008
INTERNATIONAL DAY TO ELIMINATE RACISM
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: History
The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on March 21st.
On that day in 1960, police shot and killed 69 people (including eight women and ten children) and injured 180 at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa. More than 80% of those [...]
February 29, 2008
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
ABOUT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAYInternational Women’s Day has been observed since in the early 1900’s, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies.1908
Great unrest and critical debate was occurring amongst women. Women’s oppression and inequality was spurring women to become more vocal [...]
February 29, 2008
INTERNATIONAL DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION DAY
International Death Penalty Abolition Day (1 March 2008)
1 March is International Death Penalty Abolition Day, a day that marks the occasion in 1847 when the state of Michigan became the first English-speaking territory in the world to abolish capital punishment. The death penalty is a violation of human rights. Abolition of the death penalty is [...]
February 29, 2008
HELPING GIRLS IN EAST AFRICA
Help thousands of girls in East Africa.
The Kids League (TKL) has been chosen as a finalist in the “Nike – Changemakers Sport for a Better World Competition”.
Three projects will be declared winners by popular online voting. The voting began on February 18th and closes on Sunday March 2nd. Winners will be announced on Monday [...]
February 28, 2008
MEGAN WILLIAMS FAMILY SAYS SENTENCE TOO LIGHT, CALLS FOR PROTEST MARCH
By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER
FEBRAURY 28, 2008
Associated Press Writer
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The parents of a black woman who was allegedly tortured by six white men and women in Logan County are lashing out at the county’s prosecutor for not demanding harsher penalties.
Matthew and Carmen Williams held a news conference Wednesday at the First Baptist Church [...]
February 28, 2008
BOBBY CUTTS RECEIVES 57 YEARS AFTER JURY VOTES TO SPARE HIS LIFE
Bobby Cutts Jr. was convicted of killing pregnant lover Jessie Davis and her unborn child. (AP Photos)
Posted by James Ewinger and April McClellan-Copeland February 27, 2008 15:29PM
Categories: Breaking News, Crime, Impact, Jessie Davis
After 11 hours of deliberation over two days, a Stark county jury rejected a death sentence for Bobby Cutts Jr.The jury recommended a [...]
February 27, 2008
BLACK POWER, BLACK FEMINISM
Black Power, Black Feminism:
Black Women’s Activism and Development of Womanist / Feminist Consciousness in the Era Black Power
Friday–Saturday March 7-8, 2008
This conference is FREE and open to the public.
Register at: http://www.slc.edu/womens-history/conference/index.php
Traditionally, scholarship on the Black Power era has characterized this time of renewed cultural and political nationalism and activism as an [...]
February 27, 2008
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: ALL BLACK TOWNS
Gulf Coast
BLACK TOWNS IN THE GULF COAST REGION
Gulf Coast Towns
Barrett (Harris County)
Dinsmore – “Dinsmore is on Farm Road 1301 and the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway two miles east of Wharton in Wharton County. It was established in John Dinsmore’s quarter league by a black man, E. W. Roberts, for African Americans. qv The [...]
